Hey! I'm working on another blog. Feel free to stop by there if you have some time.
http://jleardini2.blogspot.com/
I'm going to be updating both. Well, actually if you look at the frequency by which I've updated this blog, you might be thinking "Why not try updating one at a time, before trying to tackle two?"
I've thought of that, but to be honest, I felt like there were some different things that I wanted to try and I felt like if I created a new blog it would force me to write more often. It hasn't worked yet, but never fear, I will come up with more entries.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Summer of Jeff - July Update
Summer of Jeff is continuing.
I just got back from an AwEsOmE vacation in Orlando. Surprisingly, there weren't a lot of people down there. We did not hit up any of the theme parks though, so that could be a reason why. Now, don't get me wrong. The traffic is off the hook. The reason for that is the traffic lights are not even close to being coordinated. You'll go through the first light, and then the second light will be red. In addition to this, the second light will be about 500 feet past the first, so the traffic backs up through the original light. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that it took us several cycles to get through both of the lights. To travel 8 miles one day, it took us an hour and a half. I cannot emphasize enough that there wasn't a lot of traffic and we had to endure these lurid driving conditions. Another problem when driving in Orlando is that you can get psyched out by the toll roads. You want to avoid the toll roads, because taking them can get costly. However, if you don't travel on the 75 cent toll road, you might drive an extra 15-20 minutes to get to the same point. With gas hovering around 3.49 a gallon, you can easily save money by taking the toll road. Too bad I didn't think about this before we drove all over creation. HA HA....right....
The best part of the trip was that I got to just relax. I spent a lot of time by the pool at our resort. It was great because the pool was not chlorinated. It was salt water, which normally I don't like, but this wasn't the same salt to water ratio as the ocean. It was far less. So, the salt didn't bother me at all.
Want to go to Orlando and save some cash on lodging? My advice is to go to Vacation Rentals by Owner. You can google that and it will take you to the website. I believe that it's http://www.vrbo.com/ or something similar to that. We were looking at paying over $2000 for lodging before going to VRBO. Once we contacted a few places on their website, we ended up paying right around $1100. The best part is that we didn't get some rinky-dink hotel room. We got a 3 bedroom condo with a kitchen and all the pots, pans, utensils, and the like.
One thing I didn't like about Orlando was that I had to leave so soon. I came back home and the temperature was much higher than it was in Florida. Plus there was the whole "End of Vacation" thing. All-in-all, it was a terrific vacation. We came back to some great tile work in our sunroom! Now our entire downstairs is lineolium free! That has to be the cheapest flooring ever. I'm so glad to be done with that starter flooring.
I just got back from an AwEsOmE vacation in Orlando. Surprisingly, there weren't a lot of people down there. We did not hit up any of the theme parks though, so that could be a reason why. Now, don't get me wrong. The traffic is off the hook. The reason for that is the traffic lights are not even close to being coordinated. You'll go through the first light, and then the second light will be red. In addition to this, the second light will be about 500 feet past the first, so the traffic backs up through the original light. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that it took us several cycles to get through both of the lights. To travel 8 miles one day, it took us an hour and a half. I cannot emphasize enough that there wasn't a lot of traffic and we had to endure these lurid driving conditions. Another problem when driving in Orlando is that you can get psyched out by the toll roads. You want to avoid the toll roads, because taking them can get costly. However, if you don't travel on the 75 cent toll road, you might drive an extra 15-20 minutes to get to the same point. With gas hovering around 3.49 a gallon, you can easily save money by taking the toll road. Too bad I didn't think about this before we drove all over creation. HA HA....right....
The best part of the trip was that I got to just relax. I spent a lot of time by the pool at our resort. It was great because the pool was not chlorinated. It was salt water, which normally I don't like, but this wasn't the same salt to water ratio as the ocean. It was far less. So, the salt didn't bother me at all.
Want to go to Orlando and save some cash on lodging? My advice is to go to Vacation Rentals by Owner. You can google that and it will take you to the website. I believe that it's http://www.vrbo.com/ or something similar to that. We were looking at paying over $2000 for lodging before going to VRBO. Once we contacted a few places on their website, we ended up paying right around $1100. The best part is that we didn't get some rinky-dink hotel room. We got a 3 bedroom condo with a kitchen and all the pots, pans, utensils, and the like.
One thing I didn't like about Orlando was that I had to leave so soon. I came back home and the temperature was much higher than it was in Florida. Plus there was the whole "End of Vacation" thing. All-in-all, it was a terrific vacation. We came back to some great tile work in our sunroom! Now our entire downstairs is lineolium free! That has to be the cheapest flooring ever. I'm so glad to be done with that starter flooring.
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